Preckwinkle beefs, Lightfoot stays cool
If the first days of the Chicago mayoral campaign were a delicious piece of fruit, say one of those last great navel oranges out of California, it would have turned...
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Game of Thrones fans have been warned: ‘You’re going to need therapy’
In just a few weeks, millions of people from around the world will be weeping, screaming, pulling out their hair and issuing piteous cries of rage and grief while eating...
Kids know the promise of March: Life, on its way
Somewhere there’s a kid with a secret knowledge about the month of March. But he really hasn’t given it much thought. He won’t write it down. He doesn’t care about...
Here’s hoping ‘ISIS Bride’ gets plenty of time to read ‘The Man Without a Country’
Has Hoda Muthana, 24, the so-called ISIS Bride who joined the terrorist group at 19 and was widowed twice, ever heard of Civil War-era writer Edward Everett Hale? I’d bet...
For February’s Golden Moutza: Salsa scoundrel, Ald. Burke or disgraced actor?
Those who don’t believe the Moutza of the Month is needed in this country like never before, please read a headline in the Knoxville News Sentinel: “Testicles in salsa: Lawyers...
Waguespack wants a tougher rule to rein in Aldermanicus rex
I had hoped to begin this column with reform Ald. Scott Waguespack explaining Chicago’s arcane Rule 14 and how it applies to political corruption and powerful Ald. Edward Burke, who...
What change in Chicago will look like: Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot must be considered the favorite in April’s Chicago mayoral election over Toni Preckwinkle. Book it. Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Yes, I like Lightfoot. That should be evident to anyone...
Wake up, Chicago: The most important election in decades is days away
“There’s a reason why the windshield is much larger than the rearview mirror,” said Bill Daley, one of the 14 candidates for mayor of Chicago. “We all must look forward.”...
Did Jussie Smollett use the media, or was he created by it?
“The question that every single person asks is why?” said CNN anchor Don Lemon. “Why?” He was speaking, of course, of TV actor Jussie Smollett, who just days ago was...
Mayoral matchups and the politics of subtraction
Matchups are everything in Chicago mayoral politics. And with just days before voters go the polls on Feb. 26, it’s time to think of matchups. The two candidates with the...